I need more to do

I really keep myself busy: cooking, cleaning, sewing, baking, homeschool, family, etc. and so-on. I really need more in my days, right? This post will be to the point and with lots of pictures to make up for the lack of words.

1) I need more to do so my husband is the one kind enough to help me in this area. He has decided to run for city council. He can say he’s tried and been involved in some small way with the community that raised us and in which we are raising our children. And I can say I supported him and spent two more evenings a month on my own. All kidding aside, I am glad he is doing it. Besides, you never know what one small change will effect more change in the future.

2) My grandma turned 85 last week and we had a surprise party for her. It was great fun to be able to surprise her, though I think we confused her a bit at first. How my kids managed to not let it slip, I’ll never know but she was surprised! The banquet room at my parents was full of people from church, all of her children (my aunts and uncles) made it to town, and even some distant family. If there has been one person more involved in my life other than my parents or husband it has been my grandma. She’s lived in our little town since I was Jane’s age and she never missed a concert, play, prom, or birthday. We decided to serve a light lunch for the party and I made cake: German chocolate (her favorite), a huge sheet-cake (since we weren’t sure how many would be there) and lemon cupcakes with raspberries (her and I have a history with raspberries.) The cupcakes were supposed to be filled with raspberry jam, but I forgot and iced them first….ooops. They still tasted pretty good, though.

It took two days, but homemade cakes cost less and taste better!

3) We gave her one of the mini-quilts the girls and I have been working on. I didn’t get a picture of it, though, before we gave it away. I’ll try to remember my camera the next time I go over to their place and take a picture. Here’s how we are doing on those little quilts by the way:

this one still needs quilted, it's a bit smaller than the one we made for grandma